Kraken Wakes
by John Wyndham
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Author: John WyndhamEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1973-06-28
ISBN: 0140010750
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Book Review: Aliens Are Destroying the World...Would You Like Another Crumpet, Dear?
Summary: 2 Stars
THE KRAKEN WAKES..what a wonderful, evocative title. Pity that the actual book is sooo slow moving and brimming with British understatement and stiff upper lips. For years I've been intrigued by the title of Wyndham's book and been promising myself I'd have to read it. Well, I got my wish but, as good Queen Victoria said, "We are not amused."
And so it begins...unidentified fireballs land in various parts of the oceans. Time passes and suddenly ships are disappearing around the globe. The hero and heroine of THE KRAKEN WAKES - a British husband-wife news team - help investigate the phenomena but no answers are forthcoming. More time passes and, in the latest development, coastal villages are being wiped out. When the cause of all these misfortunes is unveiled, world governments take action but aren't successful. More time passes and then...
Wyndham had the makings of a great sci-fic novel here. While the tension builds as more calamities occur, I felt that was undermined by the endless domestic conversations between Mike and Phyllis. THE KRAKEN WAKES reminds me of those English drawing-room dramas where characters talk endlessly about not terrible interesting matters and nothing much happens. THE KRAKEN WAKES could have been a real page-turner if Wyndham had less "More tea, dear?" and more "Oh lord, another liner has disappeared...why doesn't someone find out what's going on!?!"
Short and not so sweet: Great title, not so great novel!
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